Hong Kong at dawn, Ryo asking a stranger for directions, and two hours going by without anything spectacular happening.

The community profile says exactly that. The soundtrack lands ahead of 95% of games, the art style ahead of 85%, and the wish to rediscover it for the first time climbs high too, though that rests on very few votes and needs confirming. Then you drop a level. Controller feel sits right at the bottom, ahead of only 10% of games. Immediate fun barely does better. That is the tension: you would happily take it to a desert island, you keep its music and its alleys in your head, but the raw feel of playing does not follow.

Next to a modern adventure game, tuned so every minute pays you back, Shenmue II plays a different tune: slowness, daily routine, pointless little gestures. Criteria built around instant payoff were never going to do it justice.

So, who is it for? For you if you like a game that lets you wander, listen, get lost in a city that lives without you. Much less so if you want something that snaps to your hands from the first minute.